Public Leger, Volume 4, Number 11, Richmond, Wayne County, 11 August 1827 — Page 2
io accede to their proposition that, if ! was elected President, Mr. Adams would be continued Secretary of State, (inuendo, ;heie would he no room for Kentucky.") U this Gen. Jackson's inuendo or that of il.e distinguished member of Congress? 'That ths friends of Mr. Clay stated the West docs not want to sep. irate from the West, and if I would say, or permit any of my confidential friends to say, that, in case 1 was elected President, Air. Adams should hot he continued secretary of state, by a complete union of Mr. Clay and his
friends, they would put an end to the Pre ! fi.iential contest in one hour; and he was
of opinion it was right to fight such intriguers villi their own weapons." To which the General states himself to have replied in substance, What in politics as in every thin;: e'se my guide was principle, and contrary to the expressed and unbiased wi;i of the people or their constituted a4ent I never woild sU-p into the Prsi1 vti 1 chair; and requested him to say to M Clay and Li fri nds (for I did suppose h It I c me from Mr. Cl.iv, although he ate 1 the terms Mr. C.i.oA friends) that before 1 would reach the Pi evidential chair by such means of bargain and corruption, 1 wiu'd see the earth open and swallov; both Mr. Clay, and his friends and myself with them."' Now all these professions ai e very fine and display Admirable purity. Cut its !ublimit would he somen hat more impres-ive, if some ether person thai. Gen. Jaekson had proclaimed it. He would
lit. li is true a I have ;:5'.:ei tainrd 's'lnrt nq-iiii, unless it snhl j !thc publication of Mr. Bv t b .-y"s Fayette- !j b ; ai((wh-r ,,., .V.,JS5!M y'r " - ! I vc He letter, the General has been for a' long j own Senator was cun-vij'-a; ! . Itimo secretly circulating the. charg-i Ini-jjcy of his private irisir,lf.VJto ' ' v J I mediately on the appearance at Washing-j beforu riy n -wninnti V " ' ' ! i ton of that letter in the public prints, thej; &ed of: and, a, I had but biU S !;i j Editor of the Telegraph asserted, in hisj; in the. fidelity of the. profX- '" 'oaper, that Gen. Jackson had o mmunica- ..ship of the other, 1 kvas OM t. ' r ted the overture to him about the period of j; sent my application to i!K. SrV'!,J!'f'I the idection, not as he now states but ac-1 another state. 1 was af(crvV7'! 'u H
rordingtoMr. Beverley's version of tUc that, when it was acted no.,., r ' ri; ale. Since I left Washington the 10th of . "on and -very other Senator V
Mi'.-m as io ine imputations liuw
wuu presuming t) queti,
:; I,
I upon the publication of his letter of the
6th of June. The General states that the unknown envoy used the terms wMr. Clay,s friends." to the exclusion therefore of m self, but fje nevertheless inferred thai he had come from me. Now why did he draw his inference contrary to the import of the statement which he received ? Does not this disposition to deduce conclusions unfavorable to me manifest the spirit whieh actuates him? And does not General Jackson exhibit throughout his let tt r a desire to give a coloring to the tatemu;ts of his friend, the distinguished number of Congress, higher than they would justify? No one should ever resort to implication but from necessity. Why did he not ascertain from the envo' if he had come from me? Was any thing more natural than that General Jackson should ascertain the persons who had deputed the envoy? If his shocked sensibility and indignant virtue arid patriotism would not allow htm to enquire into particulars, ought he to have hazarded the assertion, that I was privy to the proposal, without assuring himself of the fact? Could he not after rriertine the pro-
posaJ, continuing as he did on friendly ucome out in proper per-on through- the : lau.uess, a- a Senator ul the Unit.-1 trt.MS rtrifli lir. nr-rvtn f i f Knoa cticfirwl 'Lit. vnit nf Ir fT.'irflT RpVfl lei' l ill' T : . I ' O T l U i 1 1 T t ! 1 i rr i . F f f 1 I . .. ,: i ''"ll.'3
Itimidf if I were coctiizant of it. II be cv. h atrocious caiumnv.
'iad not time then miiiht he not have as- When the alleged overture was made.
certained the fact from his frier d or from the election remained
me during the intervening two and a half ,! did not Gen. Jackson then
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; bearer of the proposal, and those who dar- j. pnvrn )it ai impure means tot:vff i .
ed to insult honor and terr per witfj fns ;; ! Hon, ucn. Umn ouii! to !
'last month, I have understood that Gen.
Jackson has made a simitar communication h one r pi t'sumn.; to question
to several other peron, at different and j, integrity. How can Gen. J..(i r r r
i distant points. Why has the overture been ;j to Ins conscience or to hU "JU V 'the- clandestinely circulated ? Was it that j palpable breach of his pul,jc j!)', t!i?,Mgh the medium of the 'i'elegiaph, the! in vain to sav that he gave a V.' l k-r.d;." paper supporting the intert of: tive vote. A was in pof;,!
Gen. Jackson, and through his other depos-1 mation, which, if true, rnu-t !i:,ve itories, the belief of the charge should be ! ed tin rejection of my lt(!itl: ;' ; daily and gradually infused into the pub- i; does not appear that a,,y cjti'ier' lie mind, and thus contribute to the support ; possessed the same informal;:,', V of his cause? The zeal and indu-try with! Ration was alike due to the pu'' - ,1 which it has been propagated in the daily j( National Council, tome, anj -.'J t columns of certain newspapers can testify, j strict justice, to all the other r '-u FindintI the imblic still unconvinced, h.is plicated. It is rmnosil !e i' r V- L! & i1 r j t. i. ... . i! r k .. 1 ,,fn t.-i
IhQ oeneiai rouna u 10 ue iu cesary 10 . huiij uic uiiemmn that f.c
i
erture was made. ' After the election. Gen Jit'c -ur.-decided. W!,v ; among: the first who ea '. -U hen hold up to uni- cinicralu'ations upon his i,vr . .
tz !: -'i residential ch-ir but never, ' lntt m fm . , .... . . 4, : . . trx . 4i ,: . a.,;, , i, . . 7 ' 'f ( " , , ... , !ileter, for he tfiere dos sav, 'that in the , inteorit ? If ho had, at that time, dti.( .yn- oasnccj to sulJv his own ar . i. v,t contrary to Mhe expressed and ;l ... ... . . , , . , . ! , ;, . f . . ! ti , , . - , ... r . r 4l . U Mipnosition stated, may have done iritis- i ced all the iuf :mcus parties ccrcerned. de- 1 ing tuore of ms c-rrant connef:t u;..!!'.s- d u of tne people, or their con- h ' t r-, r .i .i ! j j 4i ti rr r , ' " , . 1 - . . ' uo to IVJr. Chi' ; if .-o t!ie gftitlerrau in- i minded on enquiry in the Ii. of ri. and t -1 )n the 1 0th of r -bruarv. 1 ' ' . stttuted agents:' two modes of arriving at it j f i n v i l . . ,. . , . . . ri i r ... j r t. . . - f vrry . h . forming me can explain." rso good or i' tab ished by satisfactory proof the truth of next ia afsei toe eh' ina. (i f f i t ma -e re is enable, a there happens to . ... . .... ..... i . . , . . . . . . . ,. - , . , .. ! J,kn
er yniutaaruy ; nis accusation, inere-mijjm anu pioi ansy a? nr.iru 10 a punjir j i ;n:er at V,'. -
I ton, bv some of his friends, ed to them his wish that h?
science, for a moment, appear to have
visited him towards the conclusion of I is
' . . . . Ii h nura. i man will do anoth
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t iftti "'ju;uu., ii nv.is no, o. t rs;;j j-t iuui wouui oavc net'ii uiuuiem ir.-uu tj uie Gen. Jackson should have drne me any. !' election. Why, when at my instance, a
! And he cannot at quit hiirsrlt of the rash- !! committee was on the 5th day of Febxuan
; tu ss arid iniquity of his conduct toivnrdi ! me by referring at this late day, to a per- ; s iii, vhop i.aice is withheld from the public. This Coinpcndiou- cnrale ofadminisi ti ring justice, by firt hanging and then
trying a m .n. In ever just. ha'- e it may
joihe earfii open and swallow both Mr. CI iv a d .his friends and myself,-' before he vu aid i each tt.e Piidential Chair b vl-a. h niiMr.s of bargain atid cor i u ption' I iiO'., Geo J u.ksoo did not int nd that thw!i.le hu'r. in l ire stionhl be also swallow
j 1C25. (only four days before the cltrtii n.j appcinted to investigate the charge s of Mi .
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he ha stated.
L.i "in, on to: cor.nauei cv
i or t if tot-v wtro to cuaranty that he has
'cased from acceptin;
, cause, alluding to the n cent !. (;;. ;, , I 'aid, 4any e vide nee of kit: d r.e ;t j.u ; such ;i you prop se. tni';. hy nuux,' viewed as conveying with ;t :.;ry.'. ,
an ah-, ;jte r; ai",;Oice to the employ merit i , . . . . r i t . , . 1 - .. :; be, according to the pp-cepu of ;l'r J.H'koi ar x c;. tio'.a h' mear.? to s i lire his ! , . . 1 , . 1 ., . . . . li-i i , ; son coife, is saia i:oi;e(j bv i o resis t fable Co vation ? t!if I rc-idencv. II be t;al j, . 1
it.i: mrvil t.'-.e d.ti?:uis,H d member of cor.- ?t J tt . . . ; ,, , .
Krcmer, did not Gen. Jackson )rt rent bin,
.self and establish their truth? Whv on the
7th of that month, two days belore tlse j - murmuring, and feelings c! u-; r.:..,. .election, when the committee rt-prted which Isirarerc'v hope Lrh.!:g to .lr. ,f j that Mr. Kretner. declined to come forward niy friends." More than ore a;ci):s w atal that 4,if Inu kur.:v of any reason for j the corrupt prop sa! is pre ten.! cd tt ' ;v
fuch investigation they would have ssked
It i-grated in the letter r,f the C:h of j to be clothed with the proper power, but
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r i . fl i , t, .t, , ; .. i Uk I Jane, mai me ( .vt-riurc was made early in i not bavu:g Uiemseivos any such knowledge ; range ment ha : v in 1 1 1 1 1 i fT I i ui i ( em ni 1 i eia c . anu n . . . . . . . . - . . . y . . f
r ... 7 , , ,.' .,, i (i I .I f j n January; and tfiat the V.l i!ay ait-r t;,e I they have felt it to be their duty orlv to ' Adams and
lilt iit ii'in i i r nun uiiii iii iiiiiiui i . ... i - ,, , - , - . . , lT ,,.in communication it 'was announced in the s lav before the House the communication :tionof an clec i in ?i: .-- t n uiiicSi an iHre. to the A ' ...,. . . y . . . .... .
,.i..,.1. ?,,ldir. we .houll he ;. little hrt i w papers -u.at Af . LJay ti-0 coria out ! winch they have received why did not brought a
f , , ,.i ,:m; fft nf.ir ;! r-lTT ar'd von edry in favor f Mr, Gen. Jackson authorize a motion to reccm- i bv the basest tt r rr-n 'tt I to aciiiii ine t nuns to uni.u- j . . r,,, . . . . . . . , . . . , , ... . 'i ' , : ' 1 ., t .ri-v tvbirb rl-o Hnuril '" J he ohjet t of this stat met.t t.- u.it the report a;id manfully come forward to accept the ....Ip.K i.i.i. I-.!. W:,rH. i:,.1.:uror,inPt:0,,U?"i:. ' ,s t- ."'Uat.. lh, t ,-r. .-.!., .1 liin .!.. m.t.o,, ? The ConS,s , lest .t thouid
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.. ... . ' , ; lien, j k.C'oii was accerded with i r; rnp nrr.pos;: is to de bun : the person who con- ... , , t . . J ! , . , . ' ' . ( fitucc by rdr. Adams. I his render? tin
vrveu it aunses mm io accept 11, anuveii r ,, . - . . , . . . .i r i ' .it iet as to tl'.e titnc cf the al'ecgcd comtr.u
It ;s to be re-
on had not be( n ; affe cting the election, is made t.Mjne of the
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and reserved to be hereafter brought for ! ' 14 ,V I" '-"J ' "- j; a,um,tic,. ue receives u, is acvi.cu to ...... 1 ;t.,ci a r.. ..V,rt ;Mw. Ko ! ,, ,rv tlMt lhr wvcrturr w made, and the ; accipt, deliberates, decides upon it. A
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v.-veu u nuih oiui io uia u u, anu eij r . - ,, . r . ... , . ' - , , , it tact as to tl'.e tltUC cf the tft.it person still r tains the fneiioship of u ... . . ! i i ct' i uication verv important. Geii. Jackson who is o ten :er of his char- ! . t. . r, 1 , , , , . ., , , h gretted that Gt n. Ja k acler tliat his name is carctuh v -concealed ; .... . . , i . i i a t t . r ; little more precise. It nnii rp;rr i d to be hr realtor tircii'M.t for-a . . 1
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ii iu.i;ici. uuu coir, acc u. l;:,!
ii-sineation of Gen. Jac k.sjn. a cutM -
d been made h-i-.U'?:. .'r.
mc after the a.-.iml umt' .-.-
tion, the isiaie. c i wi-::':, v. -.
bout, acrording to Ge:;. J. li-ci;
of trieans. he w.; uuw .', -honors of a pa!. lie :;,r. imply even ;:, cz.rzti i ,4
portanl ,t gainst the resuitcf the edection.
election has devolved on it. All eyes are jj Gen. Jackson professes in hU Utter m" turned tow ards Washington. The result ' the Ctfi of June I quote nuaia las wore ,
;s awaited with intense anxiety and breath- ; "to have a!waj5 intended afi.-uM Mr. t
f ss expectation. A corrupt proposition.
Hi'.rnbcr of the House of Representee, i- :
ifcend 'h:v after, the annunciation of my
Committ,j is in session to iuvestigafo the very charge. The candidate not witltanding remains profoundly sih rit, and, after
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.a:, r. , rii ii rt that there may not have been tome
v.hic;, he gave, infamou, tor hi, vvi!!mgncs ! 1 V" newspapers abou that J the lapse of more than two years, when r , r.v,, nt the e.rruntiof of the bodv ot ! Umc (""''g 1 pt believe that there ; the period of another election is rapidly an-
tvhichhewas a sworn member-is thecrrd wcre even any rpccu!i!ions so earlv ) as to proaching, in which he is the only .compel- jj the principal edilo.s w ihwitnr.. bv whom Gen. Jac k.ow ,tand, ! he Pbab e vote which I should give ; h itor for the ofiiee for the first time, an- i; cause. If this be an un
readv to establish the corruption of mn ' , ?, be glad to see any ne jvspa-h 0unccs it to the American public! They whos'c characters were never question i l' r the sccoj dl .y after ear y in i must have more than an oidinary share of
Of all the properties which belong to jj c
had
carne out 41openly and avowedly in Jackson labours undr some c x'.raordinarv
h i I . t i i 1 , i ... vi -Ti.. ri.itiuiT. i lll.m.ll.o i (j CCluwIO!I. onor.ible men, not one is o highU pnz-d ... c . . , b . , r1,1,'""" . i . r a r t i 1 production of such a paper. I do not be- I It is noiU th-i he nvn orrn t.r .r-u as that of character. Gen. Jackson cannot it l. ... . . .. 1 1 . . : .II l'Ua U,K ,lL " l urge, ny wai
ii:h-uiiiuiii iiiiL'iiiioii eoiovoieror .jr. ol excuse f r wt at must he deemed his;
Adams was announced in the newppapcrs culpable concealment of meditated corrupoperdy and avowedly during the whole J tion, that he did not lik- to volunteer as a month of January, or at any rate until witness before f he committer, or to tians late in the month. The only avozcal of my j mit to it the name of his frit nd. the distinintcnttonto vote for, him which was pub- guished member of the ll. of R. although licly made in the newspapers, prior to th j it is not vor easy to discern any just raeleciion, is contained in my letter to Judge j son Cn his volunteering now which would
Brooke, which is dated the 28lh January, not have applied with more force at that
I) - insensible to its value, for he appears to j be most anxious to set foMh the loftiness! and nurity of his own. How has he treat j ed m;ae? During the d spensation of the J iop;t ahties of t!ie Hermitage, in the midst j of a mixed company, compoed of individuals from various states, he permits himself j
to rnak-: ccitaiu t-taternent respecting m f; lends and me, which, if true, would forever dishonor and degrade us. The wcrds are hardly pa-ed from his mouth, nefore they are committ d to paper, by one: of his guests and transmitted in the firm of a letter, to another state, w here the) are pub li-hetl irt a newspaper, and thence circulated throughout the Union. And now he preten-fs these itatemvnta were made, without am calculation that they were "to he thrown into the public journals." Do- lc reprove the indiscretion of the guet wsm ;ad v iolated tin; sanct'ty of a f onversrilioa at the hopttable board? Far from it. fhe public is incredulou-. It canno? a iieve that Gen. Jackson would be to wai I ; . g indelicacy and decorum. The guest appeals to !iim for the confirmation uf the puldihed s' iienints; and the General promptly a-aire-sesa letter to him, in which i4!e t; unequivocally confirms fsays C. B ) all I have said regarding the overture made to him pending the hist Presidential election before Congress; .ind fie asserts n ireeit deal more than he rver told tw" I should be glad to know if
all the versions of the tale have now made their appearance, and whether Gen. Jacksou will alle!2 that he did not calculate"
It wasfirft published in the Enquirer at
Richmond some time in the ensuing month. I go further; I do not believe that ai v newspaper at Washington can be produced announcing, before the latter part of of J anuary, the fact whether upon my avowal or not, of my intention to vote for Mr. Adams. Gen. Jackson's memory must deceive him. He mast have confounded events and circumstances. His friends Mr. George Kremer, in hi? letter to th Columbian Observer, bearing date the 25th Jantw ry, has according to my recollection of the public prints, a claim to the merit of being the first or among the first to announce to the public my intended vote. That letter was first published at Philadelphia, and returned in the Columbian Ob server to Washington City of the 31st January. How long before ilt date that letter was written for Mr. Kremer doc s not appear. Whether there be anv connexion between the communication made 1 . 17 fit. 1 1 t . f i t. ....loll'.'! m t I
tnw unnrpuisiitu un Miufi oi congress and that letter perhaps Gen. Jackson can explain. At the end of more than two years after ac.orrupt overture in made to Gen. Jackson he now, for the first time openly n-rvr' -1-.
time. But what apology can he made for
his failure to discharge his sacred duty as an American Senator? More than two months after the alleged overture, my nomination to to the c.fhce which I now hold, was made to the Senate of the Unitf d States, of which Gen. Jackson was then a sworn member. On that nomination ho had to deliberate and act, in the most solemn manner. Ifl wie privy to a corrupt proposal to Geo. Jackson, touching the recent election; if I hail entered into a corrupt bargain with Mr. Adams to secure his e levation, I was unworthy the office to which I was nominated; and it was the duty of Gen. Jackson, if he i tally possessed the information which he now
puts forward, to have moved the S-nate to appoint a committee of enquiry, and by establishing my guilt, to have preserved the National Councils from an abominable contamination. As to the conspiracy of George Kremer & Co. who a short time before, meanly shrunk from appearing e. fore the committee of the II. of R. tu ,r,ake good their charges. I I equated a Senalor of the United States -Alien my oomination should be taken up, to asc of the Stitiuln Ilia ..n .
come out over his own si.-itt-rj. :u J
having at.y knowledge of the consir.ui i-a tion made by his friends to mv fnei.'-... i to me, that I would give him the i :i k' c the gentleman through whom the c-)n,!. : mention came." He pretends never !o have seen the Faettevil!e Jctirr: rui ut the pretext of a denial under uz'vU:u is precisely that which had beer J i
ho sataia
uncraifiTii'd. a -
nevertheless a most wonderful dence. The General never cc.i:.rr.-J. ted to me his professed intention, but l ime in entire ignorance of his ei'iici'.-j .un pose; like the overture itself, it "as j i foundly concealed from me. Tnnv ' ;:s an authorized denial fiem me, whiili vu; the cin le of the public prints, imau;-
j l after (he arrival at Washington o: tx
Fayetleille letter. In that deriidwy words are given. They were c -nt''-in a letter dated at Washington City, c: the ISth day of April la5t, and are correctly .stated to have been "that the stalement that his (my) friends had made uc.i a proposition as the letter describes, t the friends of Gen. Jackson ' as as far ai U knew or believed, utteily deititut'- f foundation; that he was uiiwillirg to .-e-lieve that Gen. Jackson had rr ide ar.J such statement; but that no matter v,-1 H i" f" whom it had originated, be was luly I'5 sunded it was a gros fabrication same calumnious character with the u
j mcr story, put forth fur the double pose of injuring his pubih" ihn.u and propping the cause of Gen. J;CnS'
and that for himself ar.d for h:? in defied the substantiation of the rl :,r?; fore any fair tribunal whatever. -
were my own words tramumH'i '
lorm ol a fi tter from a Inciiti io
person. U hercas the charge v.i..j repelled was contained in a letua ten by a person then unknown peion also unknown Did I not charge under wy own sinatui " Card, of the Slsl of January, l':'; !y. lished in the National lotc!he!!"; .not there a substantial denial oi :"v
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And may I not add, in the whciu
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